Dark Brain, Trickster of Men
@benavarkentine.bsky.social
Born and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area; now I'm in Seattle. What you'll get from me is assorted remarks on movies, music, comics (both book and strip) and TV, mostly but not only from the '80s. And I'll probably talk about politics some.
Four Christmas movies to know me by? I realized I don't have that many movies to list. But I do have a record, an episode of a sitcom, and a special...
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Four Christmas movies to know me by? I realized I don't have that many movies to list. But I do have a record, an episode of a sitcom, and a special...
I like that one of my top five posts here was a Sondheim quote.
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I like that one of my top five posts here was a Sondheim quote.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
"That's right...I'm a Tufted Titmouse. You got a problem with that?"
A Tufted Titmouse looking adorable and completely unbothered by the wind and the snow.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"That's right...I'm a Tufted Titmouse. You got a problem with that?"
One thing I know: NO ONE who loves this movie is shy...
#nowwatching
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One thing I know: NO ONE who loves this movie is shy...
Things I could do with never, ever, ever seeing again: Someone posting some sad fact and then ending with "Let that simmer," or "Let that sink in."
IT'S NOT CLEVER. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.
So cut it out.
IT'S NOT CLEVER. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.
So cut it out.
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Things I could do with never, ever, ever seeing again: Someone posting some sad fact and then ending with "Let that simmer," or "Let that sink in."
IT'S NOT CLEVER. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.
So cut it out.
IT'S NOT CLEVER. IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.
So cut it out.
One and a Half Men.
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
One and a Half Men.
Semi - obscure King Crimson cover I found back when I was reviewing music. Kind of a trip - hop thing. It makes me feel ways.
"I talk to the wind/My words are all carried away/I talk to the wind/The wind does not hear/The wind cannot hear"
youtu.be/j5egdYmFufs?...
"I talk to the wind/My words are all carried away/I talk to the wind/The wind does not hear/The wind cannot hear"
youtu.be/j5egdYmFufs?...
I Talk To The Wind
YouTube video by Klaus Waldeck - Topic
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Semi - obscure King Crimson cover I found back when I was reviewing music. Kind of a trip - hop thing. It makes me feel ways.
"I talk to the wind/My words are all carried away/I talk to the wind/The wind does not hear/The wind cannot hear"
youtu.be/j5egdYmFufs?...
"I talk to the wind/My words are all carried away/I talk to the wind/The wind does not hear/The wind cannot hear"
youtu.be/j5egdYmFufs?...
God, he'd be a joke if he wasn't killing people.
November 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
God, he'd be a joke if he wasn't killing people.
Portrait of a man in 2025 listening to a @kimwildeofficial Megamix. It's what I do, it's who I am. PS: New cap!
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Portrait of a man in 2025 listening to a @kimwildeofficial Megamix. It's what I do, it's who I am. PS: New cap!
I decided to add a handful of non - US news sources to my rotation. I'm not sure I'm ready to see how we look to other countries, but...
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I decided to add a handful of non - US news sources to my rotation. I'm not sure I'm ready to see how we look to other countries, but...
I know more ink has been spilled wondering what it was about Marilyn Monroe but seriously, what *was* it about Marilyn Monroe?
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I know more ink has been spilled wondering what it was about Marilyn Monroe but seriously, what *was* it about Marilyn Monroe?
Stop scrolling and post two characters that bring you happiness:
Jack Benny (seen w/loving friends George and Gracie) and Bugs Bunny (with artist Bob Clampett).
Jack Benny (seen w/loving friends George and Gracie) and Bugs Bunny (with artist Bob Clampett).
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters that bring you happiness:
Jack Benny (seen w/loving friends George and Gracie) and Bugs Bunny (with artist Bob Clampett).
Jack Benny (seen w/loving friends George and Gracie) and Bugs Bunny (with artist Bob Clampett).
Can you identify this record by the lyric?
"...we're seriously delirious, the force is here with us... We ain't joking, we're just poking fun
At those
poking guns
up each others asses
At each and every turn"
"...we're seriously delirious, the force is here with us... We ain't joking, we're just poking fun
At those
poking guns
up each others asses
At each and every turn"
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Can you identify this record by the lyric?
"...we're seriously delirious, the force is here with us... We ain't joking, we're just poking fun
At those
poking guns
up each others asses
At each and every turn"
"...we're seriously delirious, the force is here with us... We ain't joking, we're just poking fun
At those
poking guns
up each others asses
At each and every turn"
As far as the two big political parties go, of late I feel very "A plague on both your houses."
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As far as the two big political parties go, of late I feel very "A plague on both your houses."
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The cruelty is the point
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The cruelty is the point
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I think I'd argue that's what it's always been, and I would like nothing better than for the winds of fashion to turn on it.
Yeah. TikTok is out. It's an arm of the ruling fascist party at this point.
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I think I'd argue that's what it's always been, and I would like nothing better than for the winds of fashion to turn on it.
My mom had a hemorrhage. I don't know if any of those are not serious but this one is. If happened three days ago (Sunday) and I was only now informed.
One reason I wasn't contacted by her is because she kept locking herself out of her phone but that doesn't explain why nothing was triggered.
One reason I wasn't contacted by her is because she kept locking herself out of her phone but that doesn't explain why nothing was triggered.
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My mom had a hemorrhage. I don't know if any of those are not serious but this one is. If happened three days ago (Sunday) and I was only now informed.
One reason I wasn't contacted by her is because she kept locking herself out of her phone but that doesn't explain why nothing was triggered.
One reason I wasn't contacted by her is because she kept locking herself out of her phone but that doesn't explain why nothing was triggered.
I don't need convincing the original TRON is a classic wrongfully overlooked in its time. I was there in the theater.
And I don't agree with 100% of "wolfcrow's" arguments. But I agree with enough of them to say that if you or someone you know does need convincing...
youtu.be/0XPY_fvim7w?...
And I don't agree with 100% of "wolfcrow's" arguments. But I agree with enough of them to say that if you or someone you know does need convincing...
youtu.be/0XPY_fvim7w?...
Why TRON Still Looks Like a Billion Bucks
YouTube video by wolfcrow
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I don't need convincing the original TRON is a classic wrongfully overlooked in its time. I was there in the theater.
And I don't agree with 100% of "wolfcrow's" arguments. But I agree with enough of them to say that if you or someone you know does need convincing...
youtu.be/0XPY_fvim7w?...
And I don't agree with 100% of "wolfcrow's" arguments. But I agree with enough of them to say that if you or someone you know does need convincing...
youtu.be/0XPY_fvim7w?...
Tideland is a very unpopular film that I happen to've liked (it may've been the last Terry Gilliam movie I truly did).
It was about, I believe, the way adults think of childhood vs. children themselves, and about how women perceive life vs. how men do.
It was about, I believe, the way adults think of childhood vs. children themselves, and about how women perceive life vs. how men do.
October 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Tideland is a very unpopular film that I happen to've liked (it may've been the last Terry Gilliam movie I truly did).
It was about, I believe, the way adults think of childhood vs. children themselves, and about how women perceive life vs. how men do.
It was about, I believe, the way adults think of childhood vs. children themselves, and about how women perceive life vs. how men do.
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“Ex Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale registers as a foreign agent for Israel” — to make content targeting Gen Z on TikTok, etc… (he withdrew from the 2020 campaign team after domestic violence accusations from his wife) www.mediaite.com/politics/for...
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“Ex Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale registers as a foreign agent for Israel” — to make content targeting Gen Z on TikTok, etc… (he withdrew from the 2020 campaign team after domestic violence accusations from his wife) www.mediaite.com/politics/for...
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After his presser with Trump, Netanyahu posts a video in Hebrew telling Israelis the IDF won’t really leave Gaza, and if theres no deal (to put Trump in charge of ‘developing’ Gaza) they’ll continue the onslaught (an + starvation campaign with Trump’s support (and 🇺🇸 bombs/money)
September 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
After his presser with Trump, Netanyahu posts a video in Hebrew telling Israelis the IDF won’t really leave Gaza, and if theres no deal (to put Trump in charge of ‘developing’ Gaza) they’ll continue the onslaught (an + starvation campaign with Trump’s support (and 🇺🇸 bombs/money)